19930415009439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Elizabethton, TN · April 15, 1993

Date
April 15, 1993 · 09:00 local
Place
Elizabethton, TN
Airport
Elizabethton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N878D
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL93LA072
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540C4B5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,304 total792 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Rough left engine. High temp. Shutdown. Diverted to alternate. Unable hold altitude. Crashed, burst into flames.

As the FAA filed it

ROUGH LEFT ENGINE. HIGH TEMP. SHUTDOWN. DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE. UNABLE HOLD ALTITUDE. CRASHED, BURST INTO FLAMES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.